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The near-Sun phase of the mission will enable the spacecraft to approach the Sun as close as 0.22 AU during part of its orbit, thereby permitting observations from a quasi heliosynchronous vantage point. ...The 3 axis stabilized spacecraft will carry two groups of scientific instruments: In-situ instruments to study the local environment and Remote Sensing instruments to observe the sun, therefore the latter will require apertures in the face oriented towards the Sun. ...All exposed items as antennae and solar arrays will be tailored to these conditions, and the spacecraft body will remain protected behind a sunshield, housing also the apertures of the Remote Sensing instruments.